Who We Are

Who We Are

Our goal isn’t to offer loans for every purpose or borrower. We’re specialists in the non-QM space, and our commitment is to build this exciting market by working with correspondents who share our dedication to responsible alternative lending.

Verus Leadership

The Verus Mortgage Capital Team: Commitment and Expertise

Verus was founded in 2015 as an investor partner specializing in the non-QM space to help underserved borrowers with innovative lending programs for correspondent lenders. Since then, we’ve launched flexible programs and formed correspondent lender partnerships to provide responsible solutions for non-QM lending.

Put the experience of the Verus Mortgage Capital Team to work for you:

Your Strategic Non-Agency Mortgage Investor Partner

There are over 100 years of collective mortgage industry experience within the Verus leadership team. Our executives’ foresight and creativity, coupled with their extensive experience in the mortgage industry and, with our alternative lending solutions, drive Versus to be leading the charge into the non-QM space. You can confidently partner with Verus as your correspondent investor for uniquely flexible, non-traditional mortgage solutions.

For more information about how Verus can help your lending operation successfully enter the non-prime space, click here.

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Dane Smith

President

Dane Smith has served as President of Verus Mortgage Capital since its inception and has over 17 years of experience in mortgage finance and investment banking. He is responsible for the management of all business units, including Credit, Operations, Capital Markets, Finance, and Sales. Since 2008, Dane has served as Managing Director at Invictus Capital Partners, where he is a founding member. Previously he held the roles of Chief Investment Officer and head of research at Invictus. Prior to Invictus, he served as Vice President - Fixed Income, Mortgage Finance Investment Banking for Friedman, Billings, Ramsey and Co., Inc., where he managed the securitization team in the firm’s Asset Backed Securities Investment Banking Group. Dane began his career in Wachovia’s Mortgage Finance Asset Securitization Group, Corporate and Investment Banking. Dane graduated from Vanderbilt University, with a Bachelor of Engineering with majors in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics.

Jeff Schaefer

Executive Vice President – National Sales

Jeff Schaefer has served as Verus’ Executive Vice President of National Sales for the last three years and heads up all aspects of sales and marketing. He has over 25 years of mortgage industry sales experience. Before joining Verus, Jeff served as Executive Vice President of National Sales at FirstKey Mortgage, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s sales plan. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President of Sales for Pacific Union Financial. During his leadership, the firm experienced outstanding volume and revenue growth in the Correspondent and Wholesale channels. He also served as the National Sales Executive at MetLife Bank for the Wholesale division and later assumed responsibility for the Correspondent platform. In addition, Jeff was the National Sales Manager for Aurora Loan Services, where he oversaw the national expansion of the Correspondent and Wholesale channels.

Troy Gibbens, CFA

Executive Vice President – Capital Markets and Credit

Troy Gibbens has been with Verus since its inception. His primary responsibilities include residential whole loan trading and pricing, product development and credit oversight. Troy began his career as a whole loan trader at GMAC-RFC where he was responsible for sourcing and pricing whole loan pools, flow loan pricing, pipeline hedging, and product development. Prior to joining Verus, he managed GMAC-ResCap’s distressed whole loan portfolio. His responsibilities included servicer oversight, loan portfolio analytics and reporting, and all aspects of whole loan trading. Troy graduated magna cum laude from Minnesota State University-Moorhead with a B.S. Degree in Finance.

Duane Beasley

General Counsel

Duane Beasley joined Verus Mortgage Capital as General Counsel, with more than 16 years of mortgage finance and capital markets experience. He is responsible for all legal and compliance aspects of the firm. Prior to joining Verus, he was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. During his 17 years at Orrick, Duane represented banks and non-bank financial institutions in connection with securitizations, warehouse facilities, asset acquisitions and dispositions, servicer advance facilities, commercial loan transactions, and debt restructurings. He also served on the hiring and diversity committees and served as the chairperson of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Diversity in the Profession Committee. Duane received a B.A. in Political Science with honors from Stanford University, and he earned a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.

Daniel Lane

Senior Vice President – Head of Credit

Dan Lane joined Verus Mortgage Capital in 2017 and has over 25 years of mortgage finance experience. His primary responsibility at Verus is leading the credit and compliance operations group in whole loans acquisition. Dan began his career as a residential home loan underwriter with Wells Fargo. He later joined GMAC ResCap as an Investor Diligence and Compliance Manager, where he was responsible for managing whole diligences processes and implementing regulatory compliance diligence process and procedures. Immediately prior to joining Verus, he was Senior Vice President of Underwriting and Compliance for Two Harbors Investment Corp., where he managed the whole loan acquisition process. Dan graduated from Metropolitan State University, with an individualized B.A. in Urban Planning and Design.